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Publication details [#2869]

Dummett, Michael. 1979. What does the appeal to use do for the theory of meaning? In Margalit, Avishai, ed. Meaning and use. Proceedings of a Yehoshua Bar-Hillel memorial conference, Jerusalem 1976. Reidel. pp. 123–135.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

meaning as truth | meaning as use | proposition

Annotation

D. criticizes truth theories of meaning and suggests a version of a use theory of meaning in which the notions of assertion and justification play a major role.

Reviewed by

Ullmann-Margalit, E. 1979. Comments. In Margalit, Avishai, ed. Meaning and use. Proceedings of a Yehoshua Bar-Hillel memorial conference, Jerusalem 1976. Reidel. pp. 136–140.